Oyster / persimmon rice in Bangkok (opens in new tab)

The Chinese says shìzǐmǐ 柿子米 ("persimmon rice"). That didn't seem to match anything else on the menu. It didn't take me long to notice, however, that the Japanese word for "oyster rice", right below the Chinese, is kaki han かき飯. That is one way you could say "oyster rice" in Japanese, but homophonously it is also one […]